H.R. 531

South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025

Sponsor: Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen

1 cosponsor
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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025

This bill revises federal requirements for U.S. commercial fishing vessels operating in the South Pacific. The changes reflect amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty that were agreed to at Nadi, Fiji, on December 3, 2016. The treaty details mutual obligations of the United States and 16 Pacific Island countries when U.S. fishing vessels operate in the region. 

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Sec. 9. Enforcement Since introduced

(a) Notice requirements to Pacific Island Party concerning institution and outcome of legal proceedings. Section 10(c)(1) (16 U.S.C. 973h(c)(1)) is amended—

(1) by striking paragraph 8 of Article 4 of; and

(2) by striking Article 10 of.

(b) Searches and seizures by authorized officers; limitations on power. Section 10(d)(1)(A) (16 U.S.C. 973h(d)(1)(A)) is amended—

(1) in clause (ii), by striking or at the end; and

(2) in clause (iii), by adding or at the end.